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The right brain doesn’t understand rules. It makes no value judgments or waits for a polite moment to ask a question. It simply looks for patterns. Certainly that must be the reason why some ask “what is the opposite of cinnamon?” A simple question with no defensible answer. Sure. Sugar is the automatic response. And why not. Those two flavors are paired up in nearly every recipe. Need an apple to pie? A cookie to dust? Chocolate to enhance? The Fred Astaire […]

Grocers must plan their inventory by the almanac. Or so it appears. At the first whip of cold, aisles fill with cooks clutching chicken stock. canned fruit and shoulder cuts of meat. It seems that heuristically, our bodies crave deep, rich food at the sniff of winter. So bring on the soups, the pies, the roasts. Curious too is the hand we play at the spice rack. Spring demands seedling green vegetables with olive oil and lemon. Summer laces our […]